Iran’s Guards Head Warns Protesters: ‘Today Is Last Day of Riots’
Oct 29 (Reuters) - The head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards warned protesters that Saturday would be their last day of taking to the streets, in the clearest sign that security forces may intensify their...
EXCLUSIVE – United States to Put United Nations Focus on Iran Protests
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The United States will next week put the United Nations spotlight on protests in Iran sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody and look for ways...
Iran Protests Flare Again as UN Voices Concern at Detainees’ Treatment
DUBAI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Iranians kept up protests calling for the toppling of the Islamic Republic on Friday, as activists posted videos of crowds demanding the death of the supreme leader and the...
Dead Body Found at Frankfurt Airport in Undercarriage of Aircraft From Tehran
BERLIN, Oct 28 (Reuters) - A dead body was found in the undercarriage of a Lufthansa LHAG.DE aircraft that arrived at Frankfurt airport from Tehran on Thursday, German daily Bild reported.
The discovery was made by workers after the...
U.N. Lawyer Pushes Back on Russian Row Over Iran Drone Inquiry
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The chief U.N. lawyer on Wednesday pushed back on a Russian argument that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cannot report to the Security Council on Western accusations that Moscow used Iran-made...
Iranian News Agency Confirms Clashes in Saqez, Internet Shut
DUBAI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency confirmed clashes took place on Wednesday between security forces and people taking part in a memorial ceremony for Mahsa Amini in her Kurdistan province hometown of...
Iranian Security Forces Shoot at People Gathered at Amini’s Grave – Witness
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces opened fire at mourners who gathered in Mahsa Amini's Kurdish home town of Saqez to mark 40 days since she died in police custody, a witness...
TIMELINE – Events in Iran Since Mahsa Amini’s Arrest and Death in Custody
DUBAI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers have faced the biggest protests in years since Mahsa Amini died last month in the custody of the morality police who enforce the Islamic Republic's strict dress code.
Following...
Germany Tightens Entry Restrictions on Iran Over Rights Situation
BERLIN, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Germany is tightening entry restrictions on Iran beyond an already announced EU sanctions package in response to the human rights situation in the country, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in a statement...
INTERVIEW – Iran Protests at Point of ‘No Return’ – Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
By Emma Batha
LONDON, Oct 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Protests engulfing Iran have reached a point of "no return" as demonstrators demand wide reforms beyond the end of mandatory hijab rules, said British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who...
